The supreme court of United States of America on Friday ruled that there is no constitutional right to abortion as opposite to the historic Roe v Wade judgment that had institutionalized abortion-related protections in the country.

The SC verdict drew widespread criticism, from dissenters on the bench, the President, Democrats, and a wide constellation of women, reproductive health, privacy, civil liberties, and human rights groups who framed it as an unprecedented attack on a woman’s right to choose, exercise autonomy and control over her own body, women’s health, and the broader right to privacy.

Terming the verdict a “tragic error”, President Joe Biden said the court had expressly taken away a fundamental right.